Research Interests
My research interests are in understanding microbial structure-function relationships to improve human and animal nutrition. To this end, I am interested in
• Understanding the role of the microbial food chain in methanogenesis and other metabolic disorders in ruminants
• Developing new animal models to study structure-function relationships in the human microbiome
• Understanding the influence of host-genotype, gut microbiota and environment towards pathogen colonization in humans and livestock
• Uncovering the gut virome in ruminants and non-ruminants